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I 77 Birriga Road I L1 -~ ...... ·-·· __ ::··:·"······'"·~· .~ .... ~·~ ~· ~~:=~::;:;;~:: ::::·::.::;·:::::.:.. ] Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum ""YT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- -=l THE JE\VISl-I OBSERVER -------------------------·-----·----------·------------------------------·-----------·--------------------------------------- ' come in and talk to him in learning. He Students would frequently pose incon­ route to the airport following the levaya would still be learning at 2:00 or 3:00 sequential questions in learning to Reb at the Mirrer Yeshiva, Reb Shmuel, a a.n1. V\Then at times, for whatever reason, Shmuel, often telling over explana­ father stricken with the incomparable I had to be awake early at 5:00 or 6:00 tions that were far ren1oved from the pain oflosing a child, turned to his son­ a.m., I would see that the Rosh Yeshiva true explanation. Reb Shmuel's endless in-law, Rabbi Hershel Kaminsky, and was already awake and learning." patience for his students \vas rooted expressed his concern for the critically For close to fifty years, Reb Shmuel in his love and deep desire to see each ill, seven-year-old son of a close student. served as a rebbi to his students, retain- and every student grow and develop to He requested that while he would be in Bretz Yisroel accompanying his son on his final journey, Rabbi Kaminsky With his passing, our generation has lost one should make sure that the yeshiva of its last binding links with the greatness, glory students daven for the child. Despite the pain of his own heart-rending and grandeur of the Torah giants raised in tragedy, the Rosh Yeshiva transcended the Eastern European Torah centers his personal suffering to maintain the presence of mind necessary to ensure that someone else's travail would not be forgotten. Although it is true that the Rosh Yeshiva's entire life was a long song of learning and loving Torah, the period of his life that was most clearly defined by the words of "Ki heim chayeinu" was the time of his illness. It was then that it became most evident that Torah was truly his very lifeblood, his o~-ygen; that the Rosh Yeshiva was a living manifesta­ tion of ruchniyus; that it was Torah and nothing else that kept him alive, endow­ ing him with energy and vitality. Although throughout his life, he saw i his sole mission as one of learning and ! i teaching Torah, during the last decade of I his life, he also began to involve himself i in public matters outside of his yeshiva, as well. Most notable was his creation of Part of the crowd at the levaya in Brooklyn a super fund to grant stipends to needy, I ing that relationship even when they their utmost. kollel yungeleitin Eretz Yisroel, who were became rebbei'im and roshei yeshiva. Material matters such as food, honor, suffering terribly from the drastic cut- I Reb Shmuel, despite having been raised and the like were completely insignifi- backs initiated by the Israeli government I in pre-War Europe, developed a keen cant to the Rosh Yeshiva. His detachment a number of years ago. He succeeded in ! understanding of the American men­ from the material aspect of life, however, raising and sending millions of dollars I tality. He was privy to the world of was not because he worked on himself to Eretz Yisroel for this purpose. Reb An1erican teenagers and had an uncan­ to become an ascetic. Rather, his love for Shmuel would also frequently travel I ny ability to reach them and elevate Torah, the importance that he attached to yeshivas in New York and beyond i them. One indication of his limitless, to Torah, the delight that he derived to deliver shiurim and chizuk to both ! supreme devotion to his students can from Torah, simply superseded all other teachers and students. be gleaned from the fact that although worldly pleasures. With his passing, our generation has ! every moment of Torah learning was Reb Shmuel's legendary middos were lost one of its last binding links with I precious to him, he made himself avail­ such that even when he himself was the greatness, glory and grandeur of I able to any student who needed him for undergoing the greatest of personal the Torah giants raised in the Eastern I whatever length of time was necessary. tragedies, his instincts spurred him to European Torah centers, with those He was there for them in every aspect worry about others. Several years ago, who came to the United States and I , of their lives, at any time. his beloved son Reb Leibel was taken helped transplant and create a flourish- I Of course, this devotion was most from this world in his prime, after hav- ing Torah community in a place that had I I evident when it came to learning itself. ing suffered from-a dreade~illness. En -~nee been-a ve~itable Torah desert. °' 1 7 JANUARY/f'EBRUARY 2008 RE AD l'OR APPRECIATION FOR RABBI HEADS OR TAILS! DR. SOROTZKIN RESPONDS: SCHERMAN'S MUSINGS MAXIMIZING YOUR CHILD'S BENEFIT 1o the Editor: To the Editor: To the Editor: I appreciate Rabbi Jung's comments I was deeply moved by Rabbi Nosson In your Dec.